I get this error when trying to use apt-get:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) is ...

I was trying to install Teamviewer, but I was getting a dependency error. I tried to install them, but with no luck.
I'm getting this error:
Unpacking teamviewer (from teamviewer_linux_x64.deb) ...
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I was running an upgrade with the apt-get command, and it was taking an exceptionally long time because half way through my ISP hit me in the face with their fair usage policy.
After sitting outside ...

Been trying to install git-core package for almost more than half a day now. Everytime i do, I get this error:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 0:
newline in field name ...

I see the following error while trying run the command shown below. I read somewhere that my /boot partition is low on disk space. How can I increase the size of the /boot partition so I can install ...

Running ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. I am trying to follow the steps written at the end of this page under the Heading : Installing Android SDK compat libraries. I am doing it in order to solve this problem.
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This problem occured when trying to update using the update manager. A problem occured so I cleared all the cache and tried to update once again this time in terminal, and it spat out:
dpkg: error: ...

I am facing a problem while installing any program. I get an error of Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1). Following is log of the output of apt-get -f install. Any idea what's wrong ...

After running an upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) to 12.04LTS (Precise Pangolin), a window popped up saying that the upgrade failed and that I should run sudo dpkg --configure -a.
Running ...

Being an early adopter and using 11.04 daily builds I sometimes meet a situation when some packages require earlier versions of other packages than those I have installed. Usually newer (but refused) ...

Yesterday I had some problem with /var/lib/dpkg/lock during update. I knew that in such cases removing lock file could solve problem. So I tried to do it, but by mistake I removed all DPKG directory. ...

I am using Xmonad and LXDE, so I don't want to use gnome-settings-daemon. But there is a problem - without it I cannot switch into or type in Cyrillics. I found some temporary solution - when I enter ...

Trying to fix my apt-get upgrade, it always stopped at setting up grub-pc... I read somewhere that I should purge remove my grub2 and then reinstall it.
I did that and after lots of paying around i ...

When I try to run sudo apt-get upgrade I get the error below.
I also get similar error when running sudo reconfigure postfix, which I relly need to run since outgoing e-mail is not working any more. ...

Im having a lot of problems with my Ubuntu after the update from the 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS.
Every time I start the system, it shows a lot of dialogs saying that the system encountered problems, and ...

I have Docky installed on Ubuntu 10.10 64bit and noticed after a recent upgrade my 'Helpers' are no longer available. After some research I found that Dockmanager is no longer installed either.
I am ...

Recently, i was installing the new version from 13.04 to 13.10 ubuntu while also watching a video. Well, guess what happened, my desktop crashed for like 4 minutes and then upon gaining access to the ...

I'm trying to get the drivers for my printer going, and not doing well. I tried the following: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1377270 and the sudo dpkg -i PACKAGE.deb format. It installs the ...

I am experiencing a problem described in this topic, which I now suspect is due to a bug in the 295.40 version of the nvidia drivers. Are there any builds available for Ubuntu 12.04 precise based on ...

I want to write a script that outputs the license for every software package installed on my system.
Using dpkg --get-selections I am able to get list of everything installed. However, I don't see a ...

Here is what I'm looking at. This isn't my computer. I repair PC's and I had an end user with this low powered laptop running XP so I decided to let him try out lubuntu. The install went smoothly with ...